During Sunday’s “Kasie DC” on MSNBC, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) said he believes there is an emergency at the southern border, but cautioned against declaring a national emergency. Cole said if President Donald Trump were to declare a national emergency to

During MSNBC’s “Kasie DC” on Sunday, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) discussed children being detained at the U.S.-Mexico border and said if people choose to cross the border illegally, they run the “risk” of their children being detained. “I certainly think

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) touted the controversial spending bill for fiscal year 2017 expected to pass Congress and be signed into law by President Donald Trump. The legislation has been criticized by some Trump allies

Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) downplayed the possibility of a government shutdown as the deadline to pass a measure to fund the federal government approaches. Cole told host Joe Scarborough with the 60-vote rule in the

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” CNN National Political Reporter MJ Lee reported that House members are working on a deal on a healthcare bill “that could potentially bring on board 18 to 20 new yes votes from

Thursday on CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) dismissed the allegations in a Washington Post story published a night earlier that Attorney General Jeff Sessions met with Russian officials and did not disclose the meetings during his confirmation hearing.

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) took aim at President Barack Obama’s treatment of Israel, particularly after the United States declined to use its power on the U.N. Security Council to thwart a resolution condemning Israel for

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was “the worst Republican nominee since George Wallace.” He was quickly corrected by Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) who pointed out Wallace ran as a candidate to be nominee

A new analysis from the American Conservative Union (ACU) of voting records of various potential GOP candidates for Speaker of the House under the soon-to-be-ending Speakership of Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) shows that Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is far and away the best viable candidate for Speaker.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker—the clear Republican presidential frontrunner according to almost all GOP primary polls, even though he hasn’t announced a 2016 campaign officially yet—dazzled Republicans across Capitol Hill in meetings all day Tuesday.

Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) is not looking kindly at the current challenges to House Speaker John Boehner’s leadership post. “I don’t think they are very serious and frankly they are disappointing” Cole, a Boehner ally, told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” panel

President Barack Obama bailed out House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday night. After the House embarrassed Boehner by almost killing his 1,774-page $1.1 trillion cromnibus bill on a purely procedural vote earlier in the day, House Democrats pitched in to

Speaker John Boehner’s more than $1 trillion omnibus spending bill is actually getting longer — it grew an extra 171 pages last night. “With the adoption of the rule in the House, the CRomnibus grew from 1,603 pages to 1,774

House Rules Committee ranking Democratic member Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) admitted at the opening of the House Rules Committee hearing on Speaker John Boehner’s 1,603-page omnibus spending bill that nobody had actually read the bill before the hearing. “There’s some

House Republicans are expected to unveil their must-pass spending legislation Monday — and despite conservative opposition, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) says he expects the measure to pass. “I think the votes are there. The agreements have been made and it’s

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans left their weekly closed door meeting Tuesday morning still skeptical of the plan to arm Syrian rebels but with the expectation that the amendment authorizing the action will pass as long as Democrats provide a

WASHINGTON,D.C.–In the Speaker’s lobby just off the House floor, members of Congress were full of recriminations over how the border bill had just died–until it sprang back to life. Now they have emerged from a last minute conference meeting vowing

The bill doesn’t touch President Obama’s “deferred” prosecution of illegal alien minors, or his threats to expand the program to as many as 6 million people, but House Republicans now appear to have firmly concluded they must pass something before

On Monday, six of the seven members of the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation demanded that the federal government reconsider using Fort Sill military base to house illegal immigrant children who have been flooding across the border. The Obama administration announced last

On ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) argued ObamaCare having caused Americans to have less work opportunities as being a good thing, to which Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) reacted by calling that “spin”…

Former White House Senior Adviser David Plouffe doubling down on ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jon Karl’s question to Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) calling House Speaker John Boehner lame for claiming immigration reform can not move forward because GOP

ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jon Karl asked Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) if House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)used a lame excuse when he said immigration reform can not move forward because GOP House members don’t trust President Barack Obama

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) —Republicans in the House of Representatives introduced a short-term funding bill Friday that would keep the U.S. government going for a week. The measure would prevent another government shutdown, the Wall Street Journal reported. Rep. Hal

There is increasingly little chance that the House will consider immigration reform before the end of the year. Obama and the Democrats have pivoted from the shutdown fight, pressing their advantage to win approval of amnesty legislation. The aftermath of

Political writers are usually confused on economic issues, but Washington DC political writers just seem to parrot the Obama Administration’s talking points. A typical example is Pete Schroeder’s and Vicki Needham’s article for The Hill Blog: “Shutdown Could Keep Fed

House Republicans will meet today to determine how to proceed on the continuing resolution/debt ceiling negotiations. Speaker John Boehner has said he will not dictate strategy at the meeting, but members are looking to him to for direction and strategy

Another sign establishment Republicans in the House are still driving for amnesty for America’s illegal immigrants is word that House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) is considering cancelling a long-scheduled congressional recess week at the end of September. “The